Performing Arts
Are bricks and mortar necessary to building culture?
Australia’s cultural sector is in a building boom. A recent SAMAG panel, however, discussed the realities of mounting a redevelopment,…
On the Move: latest appointments and resignations
New appointments for National Art School, WASO, WAAPA, Musica Viva, Sydney Theatre Company, Expressions Dance Company, and more.
Entries open for $20,000 Gallipoli Art Prize
Entrants are encouraged to respond to the values of Gallipoli, including loyalty, respect, love of country, courage and comradeship.
Career spotlight: Art Teacher
Three visual arts teachers, each with very different career paths, and very different teaching scenarios, take the pulse on art…
Shadow Arts Minister loses seat
After a drawn-out vote count, Heidi Victoria this week formally acknowledged her loss in the Victorian seat of Bayswater, leaving…
Peak body for performing arts touring calls it a day
Changes to the sector, coupled with funding strictures and the need to avoid duplicating services, have led to the Performing…
Sydney’s rapidly growing west gains an arts centre to match its ambition
Set to open in 2019, Western Sydney Performing Arts Centre will feature a flexible proscenium arch theatre capable of hosting…
Review: Tutti: Circus Oz with WASO, Perth Concert Hall
A feat of immense physicality, by musicians as well as acrobats, combined with emotive musicality.
New report outlines prohibitive restrictions on use of creative spaces
Sydney Fringe Festival has launched An Anthology of Space 2015-2018, a report that proposes solutions to overcome the onerous red…
The myth of the general audience
In her 2018 Philip Parsons Memorial Lecture, playwright Alana Valentine speaks about the power of the collective experience and those…